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11.03.2005
Heroine Shieks
Due to a scheduling screw-up on my company's fault, I was happy to realize I would get to see the NY band, Heroine Shieks after all. The Detroit Cobras were also playing the same night but I had already seen them in Hoboken earlier in the year and as I live band, I was a little disappointed. Anyway, so the singer of the Shieks is Shannon Selberg who was the singer of the band, the Cows, who were from Minneapolis in the late 80s to mid-90s. The Cows played an intoxicating noise that was one of those acquired taste kinds of things of which I first hated before I grew to love. So Shannon is one of the most charismatic front-persons I've ever seen mostly due to his madness and absolute disregard for what people may think of him. He is genius and absurdity at the same time, a Dada-ist singer. I was always intrigued, yet intimidated by the guy.
Anyway, so I got to the show early and there was hardly anyone there. I wound up talking to the merch guy, Rob, who was also the bassist. It turned out he grew up in SF and so we talked about favorite bars and things of that nature. When it came time for the band to play I volunteered to watch over their merch booth. I wound up selling around $80 of gear and everyone was happy. After bar closing, we were supposed to meet up with a guy with whom they were going to stay. The girl who we supposed to follow had her car break down, so suddenly I became the lead car. I also offered my place for them to stay if the other place fell through. We went to a bar that was shut down and had a round. The guys we met there grabbed a couple cases to go and we went over to their pad and hung out and drank. It was pretty uneventful outside of that and I did get a picture with Shannon and he was just as funny/smart/weird as I had imagined he would be in person. All hail the Heroine Sheiks!
Anyway, so I got to the show early and there was hardly anyone there. I wound up talking to the merch guy, Rob, who was also the bassist. It turned out he grew up in SF and so we talked about favorite bars and things of that nature. When it came time for the band to play I volunteered to watch over their merch booth. I wound up selling around $80 of gear and everyone was happy. After bar closing, we were supposed to meet up with a guy with whom they were going to stay. The girl who we supposed to follow had her car break down, so suddenly I became the lead car. I also offered my place for them to stay if the other place fell through. We went to a bar that was shut down and had a round. The guys we met there grabbed a couple cases to go and we went over to their pad and hung out and drank. It was pretty uneventful outside of that and I did get a picture with Shannon and he was just as funny/smart/weird as I had imagined he would be in person. All hail the Heroine Sheiks!
